Tahir Saeed

Tahir Saeed (died 2008) was an Emirati citizen and business associate of real estate developer Yusuf Amir. In 2008, Tahir Saeed and Ahmed Khaleel plotted to have Amir taken out of the picture by setting up an NYPD ambush on the observation deck of the Empire State Building, only for Luis Fernando Lopez to kill the two traitors.

Biography
Tahir Saeed was born in the United Arab Emirates to a Sunni Muslim family, and he became a close friend and business associate of wealthy real estate developer Yusuf Amir. Saeed and Ahmed Khaleel accompanied Amir to New York City in 2008, and Saeed and Khaleel decided to take Amir out of the picture by setting up an NYPD ambush of Amir on the observation deck of the Empire State Building. Amir called Khaleel about the meeting, and he felt that Khaleel sounded suspicious. He decided to send his friend Luis Fernando Lopez to the observation deck in his stead, and Lopez found Saeed and Khaleel there. Saeed apologized for his actions as Lopez held him against the edge of the building, and he threw him to his death; Saeed fell on top of the roof of a taxi, killing the driver with the dent in the roof that he made before falling on the nearby sidewalk.